A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (3)

The political structure of the area was disrupted around the year 1750 BCE with the arrival of the Mittani, an … More

Statues and Monuments: Sir Joshua Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds was born in July 1723 in Devon. He attended a local grammar school where he developed an … More

The history of All Hallows dates back to Saxon times when a small wooden church was built here by … More

Around 1850 BCE, we find the first records of a tribal people called the Amuru, who began to migrate into … More

I have got into a bad habit when major exhibitions occur. I don’t go initially because they will be too … More

The fertile crescent stretches from the northernmost tip of the Persian Gulf along the River systems of the Euphrates and … More

Thomas Dundas was born in Scotland in 1750 and was educated in Edinburgh. He joined the army in 1766 … More

Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709. He attended Oxford Univ but was unable to complete his education … More

George Elliott was born in Scotland in 1717. He studied at the University of Leiden and then at the Military … More

Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle in 1748 and joined the Navy at the age of 12. His first experience … More